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Boxer and Brown on free trade and environmental policy

The economic positions of Barbara Boxer and Jerry Brown can be best described as anti-free trade and economically protectionist. They are meant to protect American workers from both unfair competition and fair competition.

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African-American life and labor during industrialization and post-Reconstruction

There are several striking characteristics that define the lives of African-Americans during and after Reconstruction. The first is that conditions, in many respects, worsened over time for blacks between the reconstruction era and the World War I era.

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Slavery and urban life in colonial and early American cities

The role of Slavery in urban areas from the colonial period through the Civil War. During the colonial period, slaves provided the most common source of manual labor in America ((Chudacoff and Smith at 20).

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Artistic differences between the Western and Eastern Roman Empires

Trying to analyze Roman art can be extremely difficult, given that the Roman Empire lasted for more than one millennium and was divided between the west and the east.

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Federal government intervention in labor dispute resolution systems

Do you feel that the labor relations system, as currently constituted, is good for effectively resolving disputes? What are the system's strengths and weaknesses? How would you change or reform it?

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Financial assistance for disaster victims through FEMA and charitable organizations

As an emergency manager, I want to be able to help people in a crisis. The need to know what resources are available to them, to help them to first achieve stability in their lives and second to help them rebuild their lives.

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Humanitarian intervention strategy and the Somalia case study

Fox, J. (2001). "Approaching Humanitarian Intervention Strategically: The Case of Somalia." SAIS Review 2(1), pp. 147-158.

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Why neoclassical free trade theory fails for agricultural products

Neoclassical free trade theory argues that by opening trade, all parties in the international trading system will benefit. This paper makes the case that this is untrue of the agricultural sector. There are a number of reasons for this.

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The high cost of incarceration in the United States

Aizenman, N.C. "The high cost of incarceration." The Washington Post (2008). Print. Points out the issues for the state government with regards to the costs of incarceration. The authos states facts with numbers in relation to this issue, and analyzes the data found.

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Social networking's potential for activism and global social change

Share This! Deanna Zandt's book -- "Share This! How You Will Change the World with Social Networking" -- is about how social networking gives us the power to change the world.

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